The Taoiseach might have heard that yesterday there was a suspension of standing orders at a meeting of a county council to discuss another fishing crisis that has emerged under his Government. The fishing trawlers in Castletownbere, Union Hall and other piers in County Cork are staying tied up at those piers as trawler and boat owners cannot afford to go out due to the astronomical fuel prices. One boat owner told councillors that it cost him €42,000 to go out for just one run for his catch. He is not going. The Spanish and French fishing trawlers fishing in Irish waters are getting a 30 cent a litre subsidy during the fuel crisis from their understanding governments. This is the same situation for farm owners and contractors. Is this Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and power-controlling extreme Green Party Government going to sit blindly through this unprecedented crisis or will it step in immediately to aid these struggling fishermen and farmers?

I did not get the full gist of everything the Deputy said. I do not pick up on the adjournments of every county council in the country. Was it Cork County Council that adjourned yesterday?

Yes.

Again, regarding cost-of-living issues, we have taken measures in respect of hauliers, farmers, including tillage farmers, and various groups to try to alleviate the pressures on them in respect of the cost of fuels. We also took certain measures under the Brexit adjustment reserve and funding has been made available for decommissioning schemes and so on. I accept those measures relate to the Brexit issue but they are fairly significant for the fishing sector. I have not heard the presentations made at Cork County Council but I know the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, is working with the fishing organisations.